Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With 17-Down: At the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, she presented Lainey Wilson with the award for Female Artist of the Year => DOLLY
6 Across: Annoy => IRK
9 Across: That's the way the cookie crumbles and such => IDIOMS
11 Across: Ruby in Do the Right Thing => DEE
12 Across: Double-check, as a car => RELOCK
13 Across: News rival of Reuters => UPI
14 Across: Cobra ___ => KAI
15 Across: ___ if I can help it! => NOT
16 Across: Number cruncher, for short => CPA
18 Across: Iota's place in the Greek alphabet => NINTH
20 Across: Persona non ___ => GRATA
22 Across: Rejecting words => NOS
23 Across: Put on TV => AIR
24 Across: Chum => BUD
26 Across: Q-U connectors => RST
27 Across: See 20-Down => BROOKS
31 Across: Older male, in Spanish slang => TIO
32 Across: Loves to pieces => ADORES
33 Across: QVC rival => HSN
34 Across: See 8-Down => URBAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: NNE or SW, e.g. => DIR
2 Down: Poem that praises => ODE
3 Down: ___ Jon => LIL
4 Down: Chris Brown's ___ Me Now => LOOKAT
5 Down: 1978 disco hit => YMCA
6 Down: No clue, sorry => IDUNNO
7 Down: Finds another home for, as a houseplant => REPOTS
8 Down: With 34-Across: He presented Lainey Wilson with Album of the Year on Thursday for Bell Bottom Country => KEITH
10 Down: Lotion covers it => SKIN
16 Down: Stressful time => CRISIS
17 Down: See 1-Across => PARTON
19 Down: Like some soccer games => INDOOR
20 Down: With 27-Across: He presented Morgan Wallen with the Male Artist of the Year award on Thursday => GARTH
21 Down: Band playing two shows today in London => ABBA
25 Down: Language spoken in Pakistan => URDU
28 Down: Heavenly sphere => ORB
29 Down: Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano) => KEA
30 Down: Nine-digit ID => SSN

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This crossword has 20 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 39 clues are solved in the section above.
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